Clothesline reel



u y 8, 1952 c. s. SHILLING I 2,602,605

CLOTHESLINE REEL Filed May 18, 1948 INVENTR. v

Patented July 8, 1952 'oi orHEsLINE REEL earls. Shilling, Chicago. 111." p

., This invention relatesto a clothes line reel and. particularly to a reel that may be demounted from the conventional clothes line posts'and stored inthe basement-of a; home or the like in line may be protected from I order that the clothes dirtandsoot.

Many clothesgline-v reels have been made and sold, but most of. them have been unsatisfactory for one 01 a combination of the following reasons:

(a) Reelsholding clothes lines that are not demountable become dirty and unusable.

(b) Reels that do not easilyand conveniently play out the clothes line and permit the housewife to tighten and fix the'linein usable positions on the clothes line posts arenot satisfactory.

- (c) (Reels that tangle andknot the lines soon become-unusable and too troublesome to be con- =-venientlyoperated and are soon discarded;

- (d) Reels that do not accommodate themselves 'to a wide variety of clothes line'posts'aresoom discarded. Y 7 H It is theparticular object of the present invention to provide a clothes line reel that will obviate the difliculties of the reels'of the prior art and .to provide a practical and economical, reel that; can be purchased and conveniently used by the modern housewife.

Other objects and benefits will be disclosed by the following descriptions and drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a sidewise elevation view of my improved demountable clothes line reel mounted by a mounting bracket on an ordinary clothes line post;

Fig. 2 is an endwise view of the reel shown in Fig.1; 7 v

Fig. '3 is a top plan view of my reel with the clothes line thereon applied to conventional clothes line posts;

Fig. 3A is an elevation view of the reel post thereof;

Figs. 4 and 5 are sidewise and plan views of the straight type of pulley bracket which will later be explained; and

Figs. 6 and '7 are plan and elevation views of an angle clothes line pulley bracket shown applied to the clothes line posts in Fig. 3.

Now referring to the drawings, and at the out- 2Clail ns. (01142-100) 2 main ideas of thisinvention is to provide a clothes line reel that can be easily detached, from the clothes line posts and stored with its ,line in the house in order to avoid dirt and $001; which accumulates on clothes lines if they are left outdoors.

At the top of the frames l0 and I21 mount a handle M by a rivet orv the like inorderzto provide ready means to support and transport-thereel when it is desirable; Between the frames l0 and I2 I mount a conventional reel [6 having side flanges Mia and IE1) which aremounted-on a central axle II which extends through the outside frame I2 in a squared end -llsto attacha conventional handle 18- which is secured" to the squared end Us by a screw llb as shown. On the insideof the reel flange 16b I show ratchet corrugations lfir'a's clearlyshown in Fig.- 2. "I propose to form the reel I6 in-a single castingfromwhich I'punch out the ratchet openings 1'61 in the flange [6b. I 5

On the sideof the frame ll I hinge a ratchet dog I8 on a rivet 19 to coact with ther'atchet openings [6r as shown. Also, it; willbe noted that in the side of the'frame I0 I lance a projection 20 which will provide means to disengage the ratchet dog I8 by holding it"in'upright'po'sition as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2. A conventional clothes line 2| is fastened on the reel in the usual way and on the outside end of the line 2| I mount a swivel connection 22 which connects a conventional spring hook 23 as shown in Fig. 1 and which is used to attach the line to a conventional hook eye as shown in Fig. 3.

The shank end of the frame 13 is attached to V a shank support member 24 having holes 24f to accommodate screws in order that it may be attached in a convenient location on a conventional set to Figs. 1 and 2, I show dual strap brackets I clothes line post. The support member 24 has a slot 24s into which the shank i3 is inserted as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The support member 24 also has a hinged dog 25 hinged on ears 24b and it will be noted that the upper outside end of the dog 25 projects outwardly in a Weighted fashion in order to urge the dog 25 inwardly by gravity into a slot 26 perforated through the shank l3. By this construction, it will be obvious that my reel can be inserted in the support member and securely fastened therein by means of the dog 25 in the slot 26. In the same manner, it will be appreciated that the reel may be easily removed from the support member 24 by releasing the dog 25 from the slot 26 whereupon the entire reel may be removed for storage and protection of the clothes line as heretofore described.

By referring to Fig. 3, it will be observed that my reel can be mounted on a post and the clothes line carried in pulley brackets of a conventional design and which are completely illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7. Careful observation of Fig. 3 will disclose that my reel may be conveniently mountedon apost, then the clothes line released upwardly; through threading contact with the handle l4 asclearly shown in Fig. 3A into 'a straight bracket as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, thence to various angle brackets attached to the posts. By this arrangement the clothes line may be laid in almost any arrangement of clothes post that would be found in the ordinary residenceyard.

The pulley brackets as illustrated in. Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are a part of my reel equipment and they provide means, as clearly illustrated inFig. 3,

whereby the clothes line may accommodate almost any position'of the-clothes posts.

-Again referringv to' the reelshown in Figs. 1 and 2, it will be appreciated vthat after the reel is mounted in the bracket 24 andfixed by the dog 25' in positionon the post, the clothes line can be reeled out by placing the ratchet dog l8 in .thedotted line position as shown in Fig. 2 and supported ..in that position by the projection 29 onthelside frame It. When the line is threadedv .onthe-pulley bracketsas shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6

and ,7, the'ratchet doglBmay be placed in operating position .with respect to the ratchet opening I firin' the side ,fiangellfih and thereupon the line can besecurely tightened in position to support the clothes. When the, clothes are removedfrom the, line, thevspring hook 23 can be removed fromthe hookeye and; the line placed securely and compactly onthe reel, whereupon ,it can be .removed and stored in the basement of the home,

thus avoiding dirt and, soot if the linewas exposed outdoors. 1

From the above description, it will be obvious thatI- have avoidedmany of the difficulties of. the clothes line reels of the past and have provided demountable Having thus described my invention, I now claim as new:

1. In a clothes line reel, a frame comprising a pair of meta1 straps having their upper ends spaced apart, a handle member connecting said spaced apart ends, one of said straps having an angular portion at its lower endv secured to the other strap in overlapping relation to form a shank at oneside of theframe, saidshank having a slot, a support for said reel havingla socket for receiving said shank and a locking dog pivoted to said support" and adapted for entering said slot for anchoring said frame to said support. 2. In a clothes line reel, a rectangular line ree1 carrying frame having a shank portion adjacent its lower end, said shank being of polygonal cross section and having a slot extending therethrough, a support for said frame having a socket with a polygonal opening adapted for receiving said shank therethrough, and a counterwelghted locking dog pivoted upon said support and having one end arranged for engaging through said slot in said polygonal shank for anchoring said shank vertically in said support, said polygonal means and said dog bothcounteracting rotary motion of said reel carrying frame relatively to said support socket.

I CARL S. SI-IILLING.

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